diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_280.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_280.c
index 3342d3244e0..3c63832c575 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_280.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_280.c
@@ -526,6 +526,21 @@ void do_versions_after_linking_280(Main *main)
 	if (!MAIN_VERSION_ATLEAST(main, 280, 1)) {
 		do_version_workspaces_after_lib_link(main);
 	}
+
+	{
+		/* Cleanup any remaining SceneRenderLayer data for files that were created
+		 * with Blender 2.8 before the SceneRenderLayer > RenderLayer refactor. */
+		for (Scene *scene = main->scene.first; scene; scene = scene->id.next) {
+			for (SceneRenderLayer *srl = scene->r.layers.first; srl; srl = srl->next) {
+				if (srl->prop) {
+					IDP_FreeProperty(srl->prop);
+					MEM_freeN(srl->prop);
+				}
+				BKE_freestyle_config_free(&srl->freestyleConfig);
+			}
+			BLI_freelistN(&scene->r.layers);
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 static void do_version_layer_collections_idproperties(ListBase *lb)
@@ -730,7 +745,8 @@ void blo_do_versions_280(FileData *fd, Library *UNUSED(lib), Main *main)
 
 	{
 		if ((DNA_struct_elem_find(fd->filesdna, "SceneLayer", "FreestyleConfig", "freestyle_config") == false) &&
-		    DNA_struct_elem_find(fd->filesdna, "Scene", "ListBase", "render_layers")) {
+		    DNA_struct_elem_find(fd->filesdna, "Scene", "ListBase", "render_layers"))
+		{
 			for (Scene *scene = main->scene.first; scene; scene = scene->id.next) {
 				SceneLayer *scene_layer;
 				for (scene_layer = scene->render_layers.first; scene_layer; scene_layer = scene_layer->next) {
@@ -740,15 +756,6 @@ void blo_do_versions_280(FileData *fd, Library *UNUSED(lib), Main *main)
 					scene_layer->pass_alpha_threshold = 0.5f;
 					BKE_freestyle_config_init(&scene_layer->freestyle_config);
 				}
-
-				for (SceneRenderLayer *srl = scene->r.layers.first; srl; srl = srl->next) {
-					if (srl->prop) {
-						IDP_FreeProperty(srl->prop);
-						MEM_freeN(srl->prop);
-					}
-					BKE_freestyle_config_free(&srl->freestyleConfig);
-				}
-				BLI_freelistN(&scene->r.layers);
 			}
 		}
 	}